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SUMMARY:Chemical Engineering Seminar - Cleave and Couple: Sustainable path
 ways to value added chemicals from renewable resources
DTSTART:20181214T161500
DTEND:20181214T171500
DTSTAMP:20260919T110836Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Katalin Barta\, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry\, Univ
 ersity of Groningen\, Netherlands\nIn order to achieve true economic feas
 ibility of future biorefineries\, it should be ensured that maximum value 
 is derived from all individual components of lignocellulose. Especially t
 he catalytic conversion of the lignin component to well defined aromatic c
 ompounds has proven challenging. Furthermore\, the downstream processing 
 of the platform chemicals obtained from cellulose(s) and lignin still need
 s significant improvement in order to access sufficient diversity of produ
 cts\, ultimately covering an entire value pyramid of new bio-based materia
 ls.\nImportantly\, research questions need to be re-designed to maximize m
 aterial balance\, energy efficiency and sustainability in the new catalyti
 c pathways and globally. \nIn this lecture I will describe our “cleave 
 and couple” strategy\, where “cleave” refers to the catalytic decons
 truction of lignocellulose or lignin to aromatic and aliphatic alcohol i
 ntermediates\, and “couple” involves the development of new transforma
 tions for the formation of C-C and C-N bonds in order to obtain a range o
 f products from lignocellulose. \n 
LOCATION:BCH 2201 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BCH%202201
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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